Gesta regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti abbatis
Subtitle: The chronicle of the reigns of Henry II. and Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192; known commonly under the name of Benedict of Peterborough.
By: Edited from the Cotton MSS., by William Stubbs ... Published by the authority of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the master of the rolls.
Contributors: Stubbs, William, 1825-1901, ed.
Series: [Gt. Britain. Public record office] Rerum britannicarum medii ævi scriptores; or, Chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the middle ages.; [no. 49]
Publisher: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
Published: 1867
Place of publication: London
Language: lat; eng
Subjects: Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 -- Early works to 1800.; Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199 -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- History -- Angevin period, 1154-1216 -- Sources.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Chronicle of the reigns of Henry II and Richard I.
Notes: "Transcribed by Benedict's orders ... Who was the real author ... is not known ... The work may be, in an altered form, the lost Tri-columnis of Richard FitzNeal." Dict. nat. biog.
Text in Latin.